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On one Berlin Philharmonic program, Jean Sibelius, Hans Pfitzner and Ferruccio Busoni conduct their own compositions. * 1932. Wilhelm Furtwängler conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the composer at the piano, followed by Berlioz’s Harold in Italy, viola soloist: Paul Hindemith. * 1936. Before an audience of 5 000 at Berlin’s Deutschlandhalle, Richard Strauss leads the Berlin Philharmonic in the music of Richard Strauss. * 1955. The Berlin Philharmonic’s first tour to North America with their new Music Director, Herbert von Karajan. * 1966. Inauguration of the Salzburg Easter Festival, Wagner’s Die Walküre, with the Berlin Philharmonic in the pit. * 1976. The Berlin Philharmonic plays Mozart at the Tehran Arts Festival, Iran. * 2005. Sir Simon Rattle unites the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras in a concert of Mahler and Vaughn Williams. 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